Title :
Direct measure of system margin enhancement by polarization scrambling
Author :
Davidson, C.R. ; Zhang, H. ; Cai, Y. ; Liu, L. ; Cai, J.X. ; Pilipetskii, A. ; Nissov, M. ; Bergano, Neal S.
Author_Institution :
Tyco Telecommun., Eatontown, NJ, USA
Abstract :
We have quantified the system margin afforded by polarization scrambling with a direct measurement of the errored events from a noise loaded FEC decoder. We have demonstrated a margin enhancement of 1.2 dB after 8,856 km transmission.
Keywords :
decoding; error statistics; forward error correction; optical fibre communication; optical fibre polarisation; optical noise; 8856 km; errored events measurement; noise loaded FEC decoder; polarization scrambling; system margin enhancement;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication Conference, 2004. OFC 2004
Conference_Location :
Los Angeles, CA, USA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-772-5
